Swifts
Order: Apodiformes Family: Apodidae
The swifts are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
- Black Swift, Cypseloides niger LC
- White-collared Swift, Streptoprocne zonaris (A) LC
- Chimney Swift, Chaetura pelagica NT
- Vaux's Swift, Chaetura vauxi LC
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus (A) LC
- Common Swift, Apus apus (A) LC
- Fork-tailed Swift, Apus pacificus (C) LC
- White-throated Swift, Aeronautes saxatalis LC
- Antillean Palm-Swift, Tachornis phoenicobia (A) LC
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